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Nixey Callahan

Birthdate:

3/18/1874

Died:

10/4/1934

Height / Weight:

' " / 180 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Fitchburg, MA, USA

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Baseball player, Nixey Callahan, Chicago White Sox, batting at home plate, South Side Park prior to game. 1905 Photo SUMMARY
Portrait of outfielder Nixey Callahan, American League's Chicago White Sox baseball player, standing at home plate with a bat over his shoulder and his right leg raised off the ground on the field at South Side Park, which was located at West 37th Street, South Princeton Avenue, West Pershing Road (formerly West 39th Street), and South Wentworth Avenue in the Armour Square community area of Chicago, Illinois. Other players are visible on the field in the background. A few spectators sitting in the stands are visible in the background. SDN-004170, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society.

James Joseph 'Nixey' Callahan was a phenomenally gifted all-around athlete. Nixey could run and throw with the best, and did of a lot of everything in the major leagues. He was a star outfielder, a star pitcher and a fine infielder while playing every position but catcher.

A two-time twenty game winner, the durable Nixey Callahan was one of the first National League players signed by Charles Comiskey and he helped the White Sox win the first AL pennant in 1901 by posting a 15-8 record with a brilliant 2.42 ERA. Callahan played 15 other games in the OF-IF, and batted .331 for the year. In 1902, he pitched the first no-hitter in American League history and gathered a 16-14 W-L record.

In 1903, the 28-year-old Callahan became the White Sox player- manager replacing Clark Griffin. Nixey pitched only 3-games that year - but hit .292 in 118 games, 102 of them at third base. He stayed with the White Sox until 1905, left the majors for over six years, to organize the then-famous Logan Square semi-pro team of Chicago. In 1911, at the age of 37, Nixey returned to the White Sox hit .281 in 120 games and stole 45 bases. The next season he became player-manager again and led the club to a 78-74 finish (4th place). He stayed with the club for two more seasons. Nixey Callahan's career pitching record 99-73, 3.39 ERA, started 177 games, completed 169 of them! Batting record .273 BA in 3295 at bats, 135 Ds, 46 Ts, 11 Hrs, 186 stolen bases, 442 runs, 394 RBIs. baseballhistorian.com - Archives

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
1894	PHI (NL)	9	2	1	2	2	1	0	33.2	64	52	37	3	17	0	9	1	0	0	9.89
1897	CHC (NL)	23	22	12	9	0	21	1	189.2	221	111	85	6	55	0	52	6	8	0	4.03
1898	CHC (NL)	31	31	20	10	0	30	2	274.1	267	137	75	2	71	0	73	4	10	2	2.46
1899	CHC (NL)	35	34	21	12	0	33	3	294.1	327	155	100	5	76	0	77	10	24	1	3.06
1900	CHC (NL)	32	32	13	16	0	32	2	285.1	347	195	121	5	74	0	77	8	22	0	3.82
1901	CHW (AL)	27	22	15	8	0	20	1	215.1	195	94	58	4	50	0	70	7	9	0	2.42
1902	CHW (AL)	35	31	16	14	0	29	2	282.1	287	150	113	8	89	0	75	5	12	0	3.60
1903	CHW (AL)	3	3	1	2	0	3	0	28.0	40	24	14	0	5	0	12	1	1	0	4.50
13 years		195	177	99	73	2	169	11	1603.0	1748	918	603	33	437	0	445	42	86	3	3.39

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1894	PHI (NL)	9	21	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.238	SLG
1897	CHC (NL)	94	360	60	105	18	6	3	47	10	0	12	0	0	5	8	0	.292	.320	SLG
1898	CHC (NL)	43	164	27	43	7	5	0	22	4	0	3	0	0	0	4	0	.262	.280	SLG
1899	CHC (NL)	47	150	21	39	4	3	0	18	8	0	9	0	0	2	5	0	.260	.306	SLG
1900	CHC (NL)	32	115	16	27	3	2	0	9	6	0	5	0	0	0	5	0	.235	.273	SLG
1901	CHW (AL)	45	118	15	39	7	3	1	19	10	0	10	0	0	0	4	0	.331	.383	SLG
1902	CHW (AL)	70	218	27	51	7	2	0	13	6	0	4	0	0	2	13	0	.234	.261	SLG
1903	CHW (AL)	118	439	47	128	26	5	2	56	20	0	24	0	0	1	11	0	.292	.324	SLG
1904	CHW (AL)	132	482	66	126	23	2	0	54	39	0	29	0	0	1	33	0	.261	.318	SLG
1905	CHW (AL)	96	345	50	94	18	6	1	43	29	0	26	0	0	4	10	0	.272	.336	SLG
1911	CHW (AL)	120	466	64	131	13	5	3	60	15	0	45	0	0	2	21	0	.281	.306	SLG
1912	CHW (AL)	111	408	45	111	9	7	1	52	12	0	19	0	0	3	22	0	.272	.298	SLG
1913	CHW (AL)	6	9	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	SLG
13 years		923	3295	442	901	135	46	11	394	159	9	186	0	0	20	136	0	.273	.311	.SLG

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